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Monday, August 23, 2010

Variety asked Michael Eisner if he was through with traditional media?

"Absolutely not. The rust belt entertainment business is still the most important part of it. I have seven movie scripts that I commissioned that I have yet to talk to anybody about. At some point, I am going to make a deal. I am doing TV pilots too. At the same time, I am tying my rust belt past to today's world. Everyone talks about user-generated content on the Internet, for which there is a place. But there is also a giant place for story-driven content."

On partnerships or who you choose to do business with:

"My conclusion is that for a partnership to be successful you can't have envy or jealousy," said Eisner. "Great partnerships are about having a common enemy, like being in a foxhole together against the world."

Is 3D here to stay?

"The human condition is that the grass is always greener on the other side. The trouble with research is that if you ask somebody what movie they want to see, they tell you they want to see the last hit. In fact, they don't want to see the last hit. They want to see something new and original. So anything you do that drives repetitiveness to the point of obsession will eventually explode. So after I see 12 3D special effects extravaganzas, take me to a black-and-white film where nothing happens. I will be very happy."

As humans evolved, our throats got longer and our mouths got smaller -- physiological changes that enabled us to effectively shape and control sound. According to fossils, the first humans who had an anatomy capable of speech patterns appeared about 50,000 years ago.

Most of us do it every day without even thinking about it, yet talking is a uniquely human ability. Not only do humans have evolved brains that process and produce language and syntax, but we also can make a range of sounds and tones that we use to form hundreds of thousands of words.

To make these sounds — and talk — humans use the same basic apparatus that chimps have: lungs, throat, voice box, tongue and lips. But we're the ones singing opera and talking on the phone. That is because over thousands of years, humans have evolved a longer throat and smaller mouth better suited for shaping sound.

As part of the NPR series "The Human Edge" an audio and written story explains how and why we communicate with out voices, and what makes us different than other forms of life.

The two men leading Google TV believe technological innovation can make TV better and more profitable for everyone. Above, Google CEO Eric Schmidt discusses Google TV in May in San Francisco. (Paul Sakuma, Associated Press /August 18, 2010)

Will Google TV may change the way we watch TV?

Are we on the verge of a computer-television relationship?

Will it impact broadcast networks? Cable? Satellite ? And in for the next decade or so at least, DVD and Blue Ray?

The most likely impact of Google's venture with Sony and other manufacturers, is that there will be an iPad type rush to jump in and copy their technology. Apple TV was already talking about a similar service, but was not as open about searching any and all Internet sites. Google TV is a full Chrome and Android based search engine for the television, with interface with DISH TV and many cable systems (no word if COX is one of those). It even interacts with over-the air HD station signal programing sources.

And it will be available to consumers this fall, in time for the Christmas retail season.

The below is from the LA Times. To read more click here.Google revolutionized the way people access information. Now it wants to transform how people get entertainment.

The search giant is touting an ambitious new technology, called Google TV, that would marry the Internet with traditional television, enabling viewers to watch TV shows and movies unshackled from the broadcast networks or cable channels on which they air. Users would need to buy a TV or set-top box with Google software that could connect to the Internet, along with a keyboard to type commands. Users could also use their iPhone or Android phone to operate Google TV.

The prospect of Google getting into television frightens many in Hollywood, who worry that Silicon Valley will upend the entertainment industry just like the Internet ravaged the music and newspaper industries.

Subscribers to TiVo's set-top box can watch traditional television, as well as stream online content from Netflix, YouTube and other services to their TV sets. The company also operates an audience measurement service that aggregates data and reports consumer behavior anonymously to clients such as TV networks and advertisers.

TiVo's data is likely to reverberate through the $70 billion TV ad business and the growing online video business, including sites such as Hulu, which is reportedly planning to go public this year.

"We now have the ability to say people are spending X amount of time watching broadcast, Y watching cable, either in recorded mode or live and, then on broadband, streaming versus downloads, podcasts and user generated content," TiVo CEO Tom Rogers told The Post.

About Me

Actor, Casting Director, Director, Broadcaster, Writer, Singer, Artistic
Director, Dramatur, Producer, Professor, Coach, Husband, Grandfather, Marketing
Professional and life long student Art Lynch joined the staff of John Robert
Powers in 1999. Lynch is also an adjunct professor at the Community College of
Southern Nevada, the Morning Edition Weekend Host for Nevada Public Radio and
one of 67 individuals who represent 126,000 actors as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Screen Actors Guild. He is the past president of the Nevada
Branch of the Screen Actors Guild and of the Professional Audio/Visual Communications
Association. A resident of Nevada since 1984, Lynch has an MA in Communications
from UNLV and a BA in Theater, Speech and Mass Communications from the
University of Illinois, Chicago. He is currently pursuing post-graduate studies
in theater, education and the entertainment industry. Art Lynch studied and
practiced the craft of acting in Chicago and California before settling in
Nevada. With his wife Laura, Art owned and operated a successful marketing
company with national clientele. Art was personally responsible for casting and
directing over 1,000 commercials and industrials, as well as assisting on film
and television projects in many ways. His career also includes earning awards
as a wire service, magazine and broadcast journalist. He is most proud,
however, of his daughters. Ann is a PhD in neuroscience and Beth is the proud
mother of his grandchildren, Evan and Elijah.

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